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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
246 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...THE RADAR CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED
ABOUT 200 MILES EAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL AT 2 AM...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THIS ISSUANCE REFLECTS UPDATED STORM INFORMATION FROM THE 2 AM
ADVISORY.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND
ATLANTIC WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR ALL OF THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLANTIC WATERS FROM FLAGLER
BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE...INDIAN
RIVER...BREVARD...AND VOLUSIA...A WIND ADVISORY...A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...AND A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.3 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 200
MILES EAST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA. IRENE IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
IRENE IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE WIND SCALE.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE HAS ALREADY MADE ITS CLOSEST APPROACH
RELATIVE TO THE EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST. LARGE AND POWERFUL
IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE STEADILY NORTH AND WILL REACH THE
WATERS WELL OFFSHORE NORTHEAST FLORIDA LATER THIS MORNING AS IT
BEGINS TO EXIT THE AREA.

THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF
30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS OUT
TO 20 NAUTICAL MILES...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 45 KNOTS WITH
HIGHER GUSTS FROM 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE. HIGHEST SEAS
WILL BE UP TO 18 TO 20 FEET WITHIN 20 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE
COAST...AND 30 TO 35 FEET BETWEEN 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES.

OVER LAND NEAR THE COAST...RAIN SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE
AROUND THE WESTERN FLANKS OF IRENE TO BRING LOCAL GUSTS OF 35 TO
45 MPH ONSHORE...ALONG WITH BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN.

LATER TODAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO NORTH
AS IRENE PULLS FURTHER AWAY. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS OVER THE
MARINE AREAS WILL LIKELY BE DROPPED BY MID DAY. HOWEVER...FOR THE
COASTAL COUNTIES...THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY...COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY...AND WIND ADVISORY...WILL NOT BE DROPPED AS QUICKLY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR MARINERS...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

FOR BEACHGOERS...IT IS STRONGLY ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE HIGH
SURF.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MELBOURNE AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ550-552-555-570-572-575-270700-
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COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN
INLET OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE TO SEBASTIAN INLET 20 TO
60 NM OFFSHORE-
WATERS FROM SEBASTIAN INLET TO JUPITER INLET 20 TO 60 NM OFFSHORE-
246 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY FOR THE WATERS
NORTH OF FORT PIERCE AND BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES. WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN 30 TO 35 KNOTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT BUOY 41009 EARLY THIS
MORNING. HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY OCCURRING OVER THE WATERS BEYOND
20 NAUTICAL MILES AS BUOY 41010 LOCATED 120 NAUTICAL MILES
OFFSHORE CAPE CANAVERAL HAS BEEN REPORTING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60
KNOTS. LATER TODAY...WINDS WILL DIMINISH GRADUALLY FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH AS IRENE PULLS AWAY.

BUOYS 41114 AND 41113 LOCATED WITHIN 5 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE
COAST CONTINUE TO REPORT SEAS AROUND 9 TO 11 FEET...WHILE BUOY
41009 IS REPORTING SEAS OF 20 FEET. HIGHEST SEAS WILL PEAK AROUND
30 TO 35 FEET FEET BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES AND 18 TO 20 FEET
CLOSER TO SHORE.

$$

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SOUTHERN BREVARD-INDIAN RIVER-ST. LUCIE-MARTIN-COASTAL VOLUSIA-
NORTHERN BREVARD-
246 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...FAST MOVING RAIN SQUALLS CONTINUE TO ROTATE ONSHORE...
...HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS AT THE COAST...

...WINDS...
PASSING RAIN SQUALLS THROUGH THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.

AS MAJOR HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD...THE
PREVAILING WIND FLOW WILL SHIFT FROM NORTH TO NORTHWEST DURING
THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT...WITH WINDS BECOMING WEST OVER
THE TREASURE COAST BY DAYBREAK. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE OUTSIDE OF ANY RAIN SQUALLS. AS A
RESULT...A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING...DIMINISHING ALONG THE TREASURE
COAST BY LATE MORNING...AND EVENTUALLY THE REMAINDER OF COASTAL
EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THE DAY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
DANGEROUSLY HIGH SURF AND LARGE SWELLS WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL
FLOODING IN VULNERABLE AREAS. THESE THREATS WILL BE HIGHEST DURING
THE NEXT FEW HIGH TIDE CYCLES... WHICH WILL BE AROUND 6 AM AND 6
PM TODAY AND SATURDAY. A HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY ARE
IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

EVERYONE IS STRONGLY ADVISED TO STAY OUT OF THE HIGH SURF. LARGE
BATTERING WAVES CAN KNOCK YOU DOWN AND MAKE EVEN EXPERIENCED
SWIMMERS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DROWNING. WAVES CRASHING ACROSS PIERS AND
JETTIES COULD ALSO MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STAND OR WALK. THE RIP
CURRENT RISK REMAINS HIGH.

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